The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." p. 263

In this story, we were told to focus on its point of view. The point of view in this story was different than the other stories for the most part. It was third person objective point of view. The narrator had no personal attachment to the story and I think that sort of paralleled with the characters. Once they knew who was going to be stoned each year, they let their feelings and connections quickly diminish as their brutality and barbaric nature took place. Another thing about the narrator's importance was that they allowed the townspeople to tell the story. And since it did not focus on one character, a wider picture was given to show how widespread this tradition was to the townsfolk. While reading, there were not hints or anything really given to foreshadow the ending like most stories that involve a narrator being a character within the story. This was important and kind of gave a surprise ending.

Also, I thought it was kind of ironic how the lady stoned was late and almost did not show up. What if she hadn't been in attendance at this annual sacrifice?